A growing collection of airport control towers photographed over the years.
They’re rarely the reason for a journey, but they’ve become one of the ways I remember where we’ve been–and a quiet nod to where one of life’s most important journeys began.
Like many Singaporeans, I grew up recognising the iconic Singapore Changi Airport control tower and wondering what happened inside it. Were there really people up there? What did they do?
Years later, I found out–and it changed the course of my life.












